"Nakadai, which KPFA Folio/Other Minds Radio called 'one of the most explosive LPs of the '80s,' is a set of five works that offer a catalog of musical 'waves' -- from ripples to tsunamis. It features Smith playing pedal steel guitar solo, overdubbed, and with a mallet percussion quartet made up of Bob Fernandez, John Fitzgerald, M.B. Gordy, and Theresa Knight. This first CD reissue of Nakadai allows today's listeners to hear prototypical Smith -- music composed when his present style was in its nascent state. In addition to the original Nakadai tracks, this release includes two 'bonus' tracks: 2008's evocative 'The Ghosts on the Windows' and 1991's 'Joaquin Murphey,' a tribute to the legendary pedal steel guitarist of the same name."